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Hell fully restore anything, given half the chance. I worked at triumph from 1975 to 1980 sorry, guys some of the synchro in the spitfire gearbox is my design. Classic car restoration car restoration shop triumph. Its a well balanced four cylinder convertible that is fun to drive and suitable for racing against cars in a similar club bracket.
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I found that jigsaw racing in desborough has good experience in restoring spitfires as well as in rebuiding aluminium panels, so i decided to let them restore the body and the chassis back to 1965 specification. Triumph spitfire restoration pete and erin groudas website. The project is coming along nicely now with the chassis being rebuilt and body resprayed. H867 haynes restoration manuals 2nd revised edition by porter, lindsay, williams, peter, williams, dr. What it means to own an mgb or triumph spitfire duration. The triumph spitfire is a small british twoseat sports car, introduced at the london motor show in 1962 and manufactured between 1962 and 1980. Finger lakes triumph club 49 caroline depot rd, brooktondale, ny 14817. We have specialized in expert repair, maintenance and restoration of current, vintage and historic british automobiles since 1986 aka.
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